Lesson 7 - Fluency Drills:
Prices
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In this section, when you are asked to say something, speak loudly and clearly, and try hard to pronounce the words as the speaker does on the tape. After you have given your response, you will hear the correct version.
To get the salesclerk's attention, you say "excuse me," sumimasen. Listen and repeat:
sumimasen
After you have said "excuse me," sumimasen, the clerk will say " yes, sir," hai. Listen:
hai
The
clerk may
then ask "what
can I do for you?"
nan desu
ka? Listen:
nan desu
ka?
Fluency Drill 3:
"How much?" is ikura? Listen and repeat:
ikura
"How
much is
it?" is ikura
desu ka?
Listen and
repeat:
Ikura
desu ka?
"How
much is
this one?" is kore
ikura desu
ka? Listen and repeat:
Kore
ikura desu ka?
"How
much is
that one?" is
sore ikura
desu ka?
Listen and
repeat:
Sore
ikura desu ka?
And
"how much
is that one
over there?" is
are ikura
desu ka? Listen and
repeat:
Are
ikura desu ka?
Fluency Drill 4:
In questions such as "How much for one?" "How much for two?" and "How much for three?" the numbers 1, 2, and 3 are:
"one," hitotsu. Listen
and repeat:
hitotsu.
"Two,"
futatsu.
Listen and repeat!
futatsu
"Three,"
mittsu.
Listen and
repeat:
mittsu
To
ask "How
much for one?"
you say hitotsu ikura desu
ka? Listen
and repeat:
hitotsu
ikura desu ka?
To ask" How much for two?" or "How much for three?" you have to add the word de after the number.
To
ask "How
much for
two?" you
say futatsu de ikura
desu
ka? Listen and
repeat:
Futatsu
de
ikura desu
ka?
And
to ask
"How much for
three?" you say
mittsu de
ikura desu ka? Listen
and repeat:
Mittsu de
ikura
desu ka?
If
you want
to ask"
How much
is one of
these?" you say
kore
hitotsu ikura
desu ka?
Listen and repeat:
Kore
hitotsu ikura
desu ka?
And
if you
want to ask
"How much for
two of those?"
you say
sore futatsu
de ikura desu
ka? Listen and
repeat:
Sore
futatsu de
ikura desu ka?
And
if you
want to ask
"How much for
three of those
over there?" you say
are mittsu de
ikura desu ka?
Listen and
repeat:
Are
mittsu de
ikura desu ka?
If
you have
asked questions such
as "How much
is this one?
" kore
ikura desu ka?
or "How much
is that one?" sore ikura
desu ka? or
"How much is
that one
over there?"
are ikura
desu ka?
and the clerk
has not understood
which item you mean,
he will
say "Which
one is it?"
dore desu ka?
Listen:
Dore
desu ka?
At this point you should either hold up the item or point to it in such a way that the clerk knows which one you are referring to.
Fluency Drill 6:
If
you have
asked "How much
is this one?"
kore ikura
desu ka?
and the clerk
is not sure
which item you
mean, he
will ask "Is it that
one?" sore desu
ka? Listen:
Sore
desu ka?
Notice
that you
asked your question
with kore and
the clerk
answered with sore. If
you had asked
"How much is
that one?"
sore ikura
desu ka?
the clerk would
have answered "This one, right?" kore
desu ne?
In this last
example, you used
sore
to ask
your question, and
the clerk replied
with kore.
Fluency Drill 7:
If
the clerk
has not understood
what you said,
he will
ask "What
did you say?"
nan desu ka?
Listen:
u ka?
You
should then
repeat what you
said. For example,
if you
said kore
ikura desu ka?
and the clerk
asks nan desu
ka? you repeat your
question: Kore ikura
desu ka?
Fluency Drill 8:
The
clerk has
asked you "Is
it this one?"
kore
desu ka? or
"That one, right?"
sore desu ne? To
answer "Yes,"
you say hai. Listen
and repeat:
hai
Or
you may
say "Yes, it's
this one," hai
kore desu or
"Yes, it's that one,"
hai sore desu.
Listen and repeat!
Hai,
kore desu.
Hai,
sore desu.
For
"No," you
say īe.
listen and
repeat:
īe
Or
you may
want to say
"No, it's this
one," īe
kore desu
or iya
kore desu or
"No, it's
that one,"
īe sore
desu, or iya
sore desu. Listen
and repeat:
Īe, kore
desu.
Iya,
sore desu.
Fluency Drill 9:
You have already learned the numbers 10 through 90 in the module about subways and trains. In this drill, for review, you will hear the numbers again. Follow in your book as the numbers are read on the tape.
jū
|
10 |
ni-jū |
20 |
san-jū |
30 |
yon-jū |
40 |
go-jū |
50 |
rok |
60 |
nana-jū |
70 |
hachi-jū |
80 |
kyū-jū
|
90 |
Now you will hear the numbers in scrambled order. After listening to each number, give the English equivalent. You will then hear the correct version.
Fluency Drill 10:
Go-jū is
"fifty." To say
"it's 50 yen,"
you add the words
en desu to
the number. Go-jū
en desu is
"it's 50 yen."
Listen:
Go-jū
en desu.
And "it's
70 yen" is
nana-jū
en desu. Listen:
Nana-jū
en
desu.
Now
you will
hear the tens
in prices. That
means we will add the
words en desu
after the numbers.
After hearing each price,
give the English
equivalent. Then you
will hear the correct
version.
In
the module
about subways and
trains, you learned the
words for "one
hundred," hyaku "two
hundred," ni-hyaku,
"three hundred," sam-byaku
and "four hundred,"
yon-hyaku.
Now listen to the numbers for "five hundred" through "nine hundred," and follow in your book.
go-hyak |
500 |
rop-pyak |
600 |
nana-hyak |
700 |
hap-pyak |
800 |
kyū-hyak |
900 |
Note
that with
"one hundred" you
Just say hyaku , you don't
add a
word for "one."
For
"three hundred" the
n
of san
becomes m and
the h of
hyaku becomes
b.
For "six
hundred" and
"eight hundred" the
h
of hyaku becomes
p;
"six," roku becomes rop; and
"eight," hachi becomes
hap.
Now you will hear the numbers 100 through 900 in scrambled order. Give the English equivalents. You will then hear the correct versions.
Now
you will
hear
the hundreds in
prices. That means that
the words en desu will follow
each number. For
example, "it's one hundred
yen" is hyaku
en desu. After
hearing each
Japanese price,
give the English
equivalent. Then you
will hear the correct
version.
Fluency Drill 13:
Now
you will
hear prices in
the hundreds
with the
words "ten" through
"ninety" added.
For example, "it's
two hundred forty yen"
is ni-hyaku yon-jū
en desu. After
hearing each sentence, give
the English equivalent.
Then you will hear
the correct version.
Fluency Drill 14:
The word for "one thousand" is sen. Listen and repeat:
sen
Listen to "one thousand" through "nine thousand":
sen |
1 ,000 |
ni-sen |
2,000 |
san-zen |
3,000 |
(NOTICE THAT THE s OF sen BECOMES z. ) |
|
yon-sen |
4,000 |
go-sen |
5,000 |
rok |
6,000 |
nana-sen |
7,000 |
has-sen |
8,000 |
(NOTICE THAT hachi BECOMES has) |
|
kyū-sen |
9,000 |
The numbers 1,000 through 9,000 will be repeated. This time repeat the word after hearing it. You will then hear the correct Japanese.
Now you will hear the thousands in scrambled order. After listening to the Japanese, give the English equivalent. Then you will hear the correct version.
Now
you will
hear
the thousands in
prices; that is,
with the
words en
desu added
to them. After
each Japanese price, give
the English equivalent.
Then you will hear
the correct
version.
In
all number
combinations, as you
learned in the module
about subways and
trains, the smaller
numbers are
simply added
to the larger
numbers as in
English. For example, 4,300 yen
is yon-sen sam-byaku en. Now
you will
hear thousands
combined with
hundreds in prices.
After hearing the
Japanese, give the English
equivalent. You will
then hear the
correct version.
Fluency Drill 16:
Japanese has a single word for "ten thousand," man. Listen and repeat:
man
But man cannot be used alone to mean "ten thousand." It must be preceded by ichi, "one." Ichi-man is "ten thousand."
Listen and repeat:
ichi-man
For
"it's 10,000
yen," you say
ichi-man en desu.
"ten thousand" through "ninety thousand":
ichi-man |
10,000 |
ni-man |
20,000 |
sam-man |
30,000 |
(NOTICE THAT THE n of san BECOMES m) |
|
yom-man |
40,000 |
(NOTICE THAT THE n of yon BECOMES m) |
|
go-man |
50,000 |
rok |
60,000 |
nana-man |
70,000 |
hachi-man |
80,000 |
kyū-man
|
90,000 |
Now you will hear the ten thousands in prices. After listening to the Japanese, give the English equivalent. You will then hear the correct version.
Fluency Drill 17:
When you are adding one thousand to ten thousand, the word for "one thousand" is is-sen. Listen:
is-sen
For
"eleven thousand," you
say ichi-man is-sen.
And for
"it' s 11,000
yen," you say
ichi-man is-sen
en desu. For "twenty-one thousand,"
you
say ni-man is-sen.
And for
"thirty-one thousand," you
say sam-man is-sen.
Now you will hear prices which consist of ten thousands combined with thousands. After each price, give the English equivalent. You will then hear the correct version.
Fluency Drill 18:
Now
you will
hear
prices consisting of
ten thousands,
thousands, and
hundreds. For example,
"it's twelve thousand three hundred
yen" is ichi-man
ni-sen sam-byaku en
desu.
After hearing
each price in
Japanese, give the
English equivalent. You will then
hear the correct
version in English.
Fluency Drill 19:
If you want to buy something, you say "Please give me this one," kore kudasai. Listen and repeat:
kore kudasai.
For" Please give me that one," you say sore kudasai. Listen and repeat:
Sore kudasai.
And for "Please give me that one over there," you say are kudasai. Listen and repeat:
Are kudasai.
Fluency Drill 20:
If
you want
one of something,
the word for
"one" is
hitotsu.
Listen and repeat:
hitotsu
For
"one of these,"
you
say kore hitotsu.
Listen and
repeat:
kore
hitotsu
And
for "Please
give me one
of these," you
say kore hitotsu
kudasai. Listen
and repeat:
Kore
hitotsu kudasai.
If
you want
two of something,
the word for
"two" is futatsu.
Listen and
repeat:
futatsu
For
"Please give
me two of
these," you say
kore futatsu kudasai. Listen and
repeat:
Kore
futatsu kudasai.
And
to say
"Please give me
three of these,1I
you substitute the word mittsu
, " three ," for
futatsu. So
for "Please give
me three of these,"
you say kore
mittsu
kudasai.
You
may also use the
words sore, "that
one," and are,
"that one over there,"
with hiltotsu kudasai,
futatsu kudasai, and mittsu kudasai.
Now you will hear five English sentences. After listening to each sentence, give the Japanese equivalent. Then you will hear the correct version.
Fluency Drill 21:
If
you ask
"How much for
two of these?"
kore futatsu
de ikura
desu
ka? or
"How much for
three of those?"
sore mittsu
de ikura
desu
ka? you
will get answers like "It's
500
yen for
two,"
futatsu de
go-kyaku
en desu or
"It's 500 yen
for three."
mittsu
de
go-hyaku
en desu.
You will hear five Japanese sentences in which the prices are given for two or three of an item. After listening to each sentence, give the English equivalent. Then you will hear the correct version.
After you have paid, the clerk will thank you by using any of the following expressions, all of which mean "thank you." Listen:
arigatō OR
dōmo arigatō OR
arigatō
gozaimashita
OR
dōmo arigatō
gozaimashita
Your response to any of these ways of saying "thank you" is dōmo. Listen and repeat:
dōmo
Fluency Drill 23:In
Drill 22
you learned that
after you
have paid and
the clerk has
thanked you by saying
arigatō gozaimashita
or arigatō
or dōmo
arigatō gozaimashita, you
say dōmo, "thank you." Dōmo
is the appropriate
thing to say
even if you have bought nothing.
On your way
out of the
store, you say
dōmo. Listen and
repeat:
dōmo